Man sues feds over busted screen door

Complaint: Postal service employee ‘negligent’

A Cass County man claims the Postal Service owes him $1,800 for a broken screen door.

The KETV NewsWatch 7 I-Team learned the case is now in federal court.

According to a complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Omaha on Monday, Alex Schutzenhofer said a Postal Service employee was negligent for leaving the door propped open in high winds in April. As a result, he said, the winds ripped the door off of his home.

The Postal Service employee placed a package between the screen door and the main door of the home, according to the complaint.

Schutzenhofer said he filed a property damage claim directly with the Postal Service in April, but said the agency denied it in writing in July.

The next course of action is to take a claim like this to federal court, according to Steve Delaney, Schutzenhofer’s attorney and friend.

Delaney said his client had to replace the door and was required to pay labor costs.